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24 October, 02:35

Book Co. has 1.4 million shares of common equity with a par (book) value of $ 1.00 , retained earnings of $ 28.1 million, and its shares have a market value of $ 50.96 per share. It also has debt with a par value of $ 21.1 million that is trading at 105 % of par. a. What is the market value of its equity? b. What is the market value of its debt? c. What weights should it use in computing its WACC?

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  1. 24 October, 03:17
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    The computations are shown below:

    a. The market value of equity is

    = $50.96 per share * 1,400,000 shares

    = $71,344,000

    b. The market value of debt is

    = $105% * $21,100,000

    = $22,155,000

    c. Now the weights are as follows

    Weight of equity is

    = $71, 344,000 : ($71,344,000 + $22,155,000)

    = 0.7630

    And,

    Weight of debt = 1 - 0.7630

    = 0.237
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